Ultimate Strength Analysis
WHAT THIS MEANS
Whether evaluating structures for wave in-deck loading, assessing the impact of new metocean, understanding the effect of platform damage on global capacity, or determining ultimate global capacity for the platform's full field potential, Verrified's approach to ultimate strength analysis provides an efficient, practical process for evaluating the results of the analyses and ultimately providing guidance.
VERRIFIED'S APPROACH
Verrified's capabilities include performing the basic nonlinear pushover utilizing static wave loads for shallower water platforms as well as more advanced techniques for deeper water platforms. Those include developing Dynamic Amplification Factors to develop an inertial load pattern combined with the static wave load, or performing fully dynamic time history pushovers.
Verrified utilizes several commercial software packages including SACS and CAP for performing these ultimate strength analyses.